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Catholic Priest in War-Torn Sudanese State Repeatedly Detained

Monday, September 19, 2011 - 23:41

Previously tortured clergyman threatened with death if he returns to area of South Kordofan. KHARTOUM, Sudan, September 19 (CDN) — A Roman Catholic priest of Kadugli parish in Sudan?s embattled South Kordofan is in hiding after being detained three times in the past three months. Authorities tortured the Rev. Abraham Lual on two of those occasions with accusations that as a Christian he opposes northern forces? military campaign in the...

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Christians in Mexico Forced from Village

Saturday, September 17, 2011 - 00:28

Traditionalist Catholics in Puebla state threaten to kill Protestants. MEXICO CITY, September 16 (CDN) — About 70 Protestant Christians lived in the village of San Rafael Tlanalapan, Puebla state, until Monday (Sept. 12), when they faced a frightening ultimatum ? leave immediately or be ?crucified or lynched.? Traditionalist Catholics in the village, near the municipality of San Martín Texmelucan about 60 miles from Mexico City,...

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Messianic Jews Singled Out in Israeli Town

Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 21:01

Flyers post addresses, phone numbers of harassed minority. ISTANBUL, September 15 (CDN) — Messianic Jews in a suburb west of Jerusalem continue to be harassed for following their faith, this time by someone anonymously placing flyers in public areas singling out members of Messianic congregations. The flyers began appearing two weeks ago in the town of Mevasseret Zion. Asher Intrater, leader of the Ahavat Yeshua Congregation, said he...

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Muslim Extremists in Sudan Threaten to Target Christians

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 17:38

Pastors in north fear increased persecution from local and foreign Islamic extremists. KHARTOUM, Sudan, September 13 (CDN) — Muslim extremists have sent text messages to at least 10 church leaders in Khartoum saying they are planning to target Christian leaders, buildings and institutions, Christian sources in Khartoum said. ?We want this country to be purely an Islamic state, so we must kill the infidels and destroy their churches all...

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Somali Convert to Christianity Kidnapped, Beheaded

Monday, September 12, 2011 - 19:36

Islamic extremists from al Shabaab suspected of murdering Christian. NAIROBI, Kenya, September 12 (CDN) — A kidnapped Christian convert from Islam was found decapitated on Sept. 2 on the outskirts of Hudur City in Bakool region, in southwestern Somalia. Juma Nuradin Kamil was forced into a car by three suspected Islamic extremists from the al Shabaab terrorist group on Aug. 21, area sources said. After members of his community thoroughly...

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Christians in Bhutan Seek to Dispel Regime?s Mistrust

Friday, September 9, 2011 - 23:34

Church leaders call for dialogue to defend against accusations of unethical evangelism THIMPHU, Bhutan, September 9 (CDN) — Christians in this Buddhist nation have been awaiting a decision on whether they will receive official recognition, but it appears they will first see a measure against fraudulent conversion that the prime minister acknowledges is essentially designed to deter evangelism. In this tiny country tucked between China and...

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Christians Live in Cloud of Fear in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Monday, September 5, 2011 - 17:39

Young man flees family death threats on Muslim isle; another chooses jail over violent mob. NAIROBI, Kenya, September 5 (CDN) — On Tanzania?s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar, Christians live in a climate of fear. It?s a place where a young man flees the island to escape death threats from his Muslim family, and a Christian who accidentally burned pages of the Quran opts for jail by entering a guilty plea rather than face certain death...

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Christians Suffer for Supporting Shouwang Church

Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 21:11

Members of other house churches detained, threatened, or condemned to labor camp. DUBLIN, September 1 (CDN) — Last Sunday (Aug. 28) five members of a house church in Fangshan, Hebei township woke at 4 a.m. and traveled for two hours to a public square in Beijing in order to worship with members of the embattled Beijing Shouwang house church. On their arrival at 7 a.m., waiting police sent the five back to their local police station,...

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Church Building in North Sudan in Ruins as Hostilities Grow

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 22:32

Presbyterian congregation sees little hope of rebuilding amid growing anti-Christian sentiment. KHARTOUM, Sudan, August 23 (CDN) — More than seven months after Muslim extremists burned its church building, a Presbyterian Church of the Sudan (PCOS) congregation is still afraid to meet for worship, according to Christian sources. The Rev. Maubark Hamad said his church in Wad Madani, 138 kilometers (85 miles) southeast of Khartoum, has not...

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Nepal?s Churches Live under Threat, Discrimination

Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 21:18

Lack of official recognition exposes Christians to litigation and other perils. KATHMANDU, Nepal, August 18 (CDN) — Defying pouring rain and flooded streets, over two dozen people have gathered faithfully at the Putalisadak Church in the heart of capital city Kathmandu for the regular Thursday evening Bible study class, bringing a smile of satisfaction on the face of Pastor Dev Kumar Chetri. The smile fades, however, when he talks...

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